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Continuing Education - Licensure Requirements

PLEASE NOTE:
It is the responsibility of the chiropractor to obtain the certificate
of attendance and mail it to the Board office with the license renewal
during the license renewal period.

In compliance with provisions of the Arkansas
Chiropractic Practices Act, each licensed Doctor of Chiropractic,
practicing in this State, must annually submit evidence to the Arkansas
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners of having satisfactorily completed
not less than twenty-four (24) hours of continuing education, acquired
during the preceding twelve (12) months, conducted by an approved
chiropractic college, institution or at approved educational course,
program or seminar. A maximum of twelve (12) distance-based learning
credit hours may be submitted by a licensee during each licensing
period. See Rules and Regulations Section E(3).

Courses, programs or seminars must be
pre-approved by the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

Speakers or lecturers must be recognized as
having expertise in the field of study.

The course, program or seminar must be
conducted by a recognized and reputable school, university,
hospital, organization or inter-disciplinary organization.

Content of the course, program or seminar must
be scientific, recognized by reputable authorities as having
validity and related to the practice of chiropractic.

Courses, programs or seminars taught in
conjunction with, or in association with, and not sponsored and
managed by an approved college or association, with their regular
faculty and post-graduate instructors, will not be approved.

Courses, programs or seminars conducted by
colleges holding status with the Council on Chiropractic Education
(CCE), or those courses, programs or seminars sponsored by state or
national associations will, generally be approved provided the
course content and instructional staff comply with CCE and the
Board’s criteria.

The
course work must be at the physician level and the content of the
program must be scientific and related to the practice of
chiropractic. The AR Chiropractic scope of practice is inclusive in
the Rules,
Regulations, and Statutes.

A five dollar ($5) processing fee per every
credit hour of instruction for each seminar per subject material,
per calendar year. The exact amount must be included; credit and
refunds cannot be given.

Applications must be submitted a minimum of 60
days before the seminar date.

Incomplete applications will be returned
with an incomplete notice. If the application can be completed and
mailed back to the office before the seminar date, it will be
accepted and processed. If it arrives the day of, or after, the
seminar date, it will not be processed and will be returned to the
sponsor.